Sharon Kennedy: Of Florida bathrooms and boxes
I don’t know about you, but I have doubts about all those boxes stacked in DJT’s bathroom. They may contain classified documents, but the bathroom itself looks a bit fishy. Use your imagination. Does anyone believe the former president would have such a shabby-looking room on his premises? Even the bathroom in my 55-year old mobile home has a nicer shower curtain and wastebasket. One thing’s for sure. Donald’s wife didn’t do the decorating unless she shops at Dollar General.
Sometimes the obvious goes unnoticed. Take for example how quickly the “lone” assassin who shot JFK was caught and two days later was killed. That never made sense to me. It seemed like Oswald would have coordinated a better escape plan unless he expected to be found and executed shortly thereafter, thus avoiding a trial that might have opened a political can of worms.
Then there’s the McVeigh fellow who created a scene of destruction and death and hurriedly drove away. However, after all his meticulous planning, he departed in a car missing a license plate and registration papers. Why? Did he want to be captured? Why did he plead guilty and avoid a trial? Who in the government was he protecting?
Consider the reaction of George Bush when informed of the 9/11 attack. He momentarily left the classroom where he was reading to children. Once briefed, he immediately returned to finish the story. He appeared unfazed by the attack, perhaps because he was forewarned. According to eyewitnesses, the buildings pancaked, most likely from preset explosives. Like the sanitizing of JFK’s limo and the crowd of reporters allowed in the room where his autopsy took place, the rubble was quickly disposed of and forgotten unless that, too, was fake news.
Fast forward to Jan. 6. It looked to me like an insurrection because I watched it unfold via MSNBC. It appeared real, but to folks who were watching FOX News, it probably seemed like an “ordinary” day with visitors respectfully strolling through the Capitol. These are just a few examples of major events I’ve questioned that occurred in my lifetime. I am not a member of the Flat Earth Society, although I still have doubts about that “giant leap for mankind” supposedly taken on the moon’s surface and not in a NASA facility. Now back to the toilet.
I’ve seen the photographs and some things don’t add up. Who puts a crystal chandelier in a bathroom with a $2 shower curtain and a $10 removable tension rod holding the curtain in place? Even the cheapest motels screw their rods into the wall. The plastic wastebasket lined with a plastic bag, the beat-up box of tissues, the toilet void of gold-plating and a basement window overlooking the tub all seem out of place in such a palatial home. The toilet is two feet from the wall. Was everything quickly staged and obvious discrepancies overlooked?
Don’t get me wrong. I’m not speculating on the innocence or guilt of DJT. I’m merely pointing out things that appear out of place in the home of a billionaire. I thought of Hillary and the problems she encountered for storing a computer in her bathroom. I don’t recall seeing a picture of that room, but it probably was nicer than the one I’m discussing.
The unknown rich and famous have untold miseries. The same can’t be said for politicians. Even when the public can’t smell their dirty laundry, it’s hung out for everyone to see.
— To contact Sharon Kennedy, send her an email at authorsharonkennedy.com. Kennedy's new book, "View from the SideRoad: A Collection of Upper Peninsula Stories," is available from her or Amazon.
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